Gerald K. Sims

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Gerald K. Sims is a scholar working on Pollution, Plant Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald K. Sims has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Pollution, 12 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Gerald K. Sims's work include Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (33 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (18 papers) and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (10 papers). Gerald K. Sims is often cited by papers focused on Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (33 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (18 papers) and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (10 papers). Gerald K. Sims collaborates with scholars based in United States and Colombia. Gerald K. Sims's co-authors include R. L. Mulvaney, T. R. Ellsworth, Edward J. O’Loughlin, Alison M. Cupples, L. E. Sommers, Michelle M. Wander, Joanne C. Chee‐Sanford, Ronald L. Crawford, Loyd M. Wax and Sarah Taylor Lovell and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gerald K. Sims

56 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Microscale determination of inorganic nitrogen in water and soil extracts

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald K. Sims United States	30	971	700	681	418	413	58	2.7k
Yucheng Feng United States	30	805 0.8×	644 0.9×	623 0.9×	322 0.8×	323 0.8×	114	3.0k
Liz J. Shaw United Kingdom	26	801 0.8×	607 0.9×	713 1.0×	520 1.2×	199 0.5×	79	2.5k
Sharon K. Papiernik United States	30	798 0.8×	885 1.3×	1.4k 2.1×	275 0.7×	315 0.8×	101	3.3k
Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan India	31	992 1.0×	520 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	615 1.5×	590 1.4×	100	3.8k
Lur Epelde Spain	31	1.6k 1.7×	737 1.1×	871 1.3×	521 1.2×	261 0.6×	69	3.0k
R. G. Burns United Kingdom	26	713 0.7×	1.4k 2.0×	1.3k 2.0×	582 1.4×	528 1.3×	59	3.4k
R. Martens Germany	27	769 0.8×	933 1.3×	631 0.9×	488 1.2×	267 0.6×	50	2.3k
Jianmin Zhou China	26	641 0.7×	861 1.2×	1.3k 1.9×	221 0.5×	273 0.7×	68	2.6k
John Stenström Sweden	27	1.2k 1.3×	659 0.9×	706 1.0×	358 0.9×	291 0.7×	46	2.2k

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Welsh, Allana, et al.. (2015). Effect of Soil Aeration and Phosphate Addition on the Microbial Bioavailability of Carbon-14-Glyphosate. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44(1). 137–144. 32 indexed citations

Sims, Gerald K.. (2013). Current Trends in Bioremediation and Biodegradation: Stable Isotope Probing. Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation. 4(4). 3 indexed citations

Sims, Gerald K., et al.. (2010). Introduction of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid into soil with solvents and resulting implications for bioavailability to microorganisms. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 27(5). 1137–1143. 4 indexed citations

Sims, Gerald K., et al.. (2009). Role of sorption and degradation in the herbicidal function of isoxaflutole. Pest Management Science. 65(7). 805–810. 10 indexed citations

Cupples, Alison M., et al.. (2006). DNA buoyant density shifts during 15N-DNA stable isotope probing. Microbiological Research. 162(4). 328–334. 39 indexed citations

Sims, Gerald K.. (2006). Nitrogen starvation promotes biodegradation of N-heterocyclic compounds in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38(8). 2478–2480. 24 indexed citations

Chee‐Sanford, Joanne C., Martin Williams, Adam S. Davis, & Gerald K. Sims. (2006). Do microorganisms influence seed-bank dynamics?. Weed Science. 54(3). 575–587. 124 indexed citations

Cupples, Alison M. & Gerald K. Sims. (2006). Identification of in situ 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid-degrading soil microorganisms using DNA-stable isotope probing. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39(1). 232–238. 69 indexed citations

Sims, Gerald K., et al.. (2005). Availability of urea to autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as related to the fate of 14C- and 15N-labeled urea added to soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 42(2). 137–145. 52 indexed citations

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Stucki, Joseph W., et al.. (2001). FATE OF ATRAZINE AND ALACHLOR IN REDOX-TREATED FERRUGINOUS SMECTITE. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 20(12). 2717–2717. 7 indexed citations

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Stucki, Joseph W., et al.. (2001). Fate of atrazine and alachlor in redox-treated ferruginous smectite. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 20(12). 2717–2724. 35 indexed citations

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O’Loughlin, Edward J., Samuel J. Traina, & Gerald K. Sims. (2000). EFFECTS OF SORPTION ON THE BIODEGRADATION OF 2-METHYLPYRIDINE IN AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS OF REFERENCE CLAY MINERALS. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 19(9). 2168–2168. 1 indexed citations

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Sims, Gerald K., et al.. (1999). Effects of moisture and sorption on bioavailability of p-hydroxybenzoic acid to Arthrobacter sp. in soil. Microbiological Research. 153(4). 349–353. 14 indexed citations

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O’Loughlin, Edward J., Gerald K. Sims, & Samuel J. Traina. (1999). Biodegradation of 2-methyl, 2-ethyl, and 2-hydroxypyridine by an Arthrobacter sp. isolated from subsurface sediment. Biodegradation. 10(2). 93–104. 57 indexed citations

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Sims, Gerald K. & Alison M. Cupples. (1999). Factors controlling degradation of pesticides in soil. Pesticide Science. 55(5). 598–601. 26 indexed citations

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Sims, Gerald K., et al.. (1998). Biodegradation of atrazine under denitrifying conditions. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 49(5). 618–623. 49 indexed citations

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Mulvaney, R. L., et al.. (1998). Improving the Berthelot Reaction for Determining Ammonium in Soil Extracts and Water. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 62(2). 473–480. 394 indexed citations

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Mulvaney, R. L., Saeed Ahmad Khan, Gerald K. Sims, & William B. Stevens. (1997). Use of nitrous oxide as a purge gas for automated nitrogen isotope analysis by the Rittenberg technique. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry. 19(5). 165–168. 10 indexed citations

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Sims, Gerald K., et al.. (1995). Clomazone fate in soil as affected by microbial activity, temperature, and soil moisture. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 43(2). 537–543. 71 indexed citations

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Sims, Gerald K. & Edward P. Dunigan. (1984). Diurnal and seasonal variations in nitrogenase activity (C2H2 reduction) of rice roots. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 16(1). 15–18. 8 indexed citations

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